Osprey Monitoring & Sightings
Where are Osprey Nesting?
For more than 15 years, Greenbelt has been dedicated to Osprey conservation through the construction and maintenance of nesting platforms, data collection, public education, and collaborative research efforts aimed at protecting this once endangered species. Volunteers submit their sightings online, and the most recent sightings are displayed in real-time.
Osprey Sighting Form
Help track Osprey behavior north of Boston by submitting your observations using our easy-to-use online reporting form.
Osprey Sightings Archive Search
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-19
1:35 PM to 1:48 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy, 60, breezy
Other Activity: First time seen this year. One perched on perch above platform other perched on nest. Stayed still whole time I was there. Doesn't look like they've been building the nest up yet.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-19
1:15 PM to 1:30 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy, 60 breezy
Other Activity: One perched on nest when arrived. Then it left, didn't see where it landed. Another flew in and landed on nest. Then saw either the first (I think likely) or a third osprey on the tower close by.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-08 - Shad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-19
9:30 AM to 9:40 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible:
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: 55 F, clear, low tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-19
9:30 to 9:40
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55 F, clear, low tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments: 4/19/2021
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-03 - Black Rock Creek Duck Blind
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-19
9:30 AM to 9:40 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55 F, clear, low tide
Other Activity: this blind is a ruin. The bird was on a pole that remains. I couldn't tell if he was with the Salisbury Reservation bird or with the Black Creek platform so I put him here.
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-02 - Black Rock Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-19
9:30 AM to 9:40 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55 F, clear, low tide
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Jerry Klima
Nest Name:
SAL-01 - Rings Island Platforms
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-19
8:00 AM to 8:15 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 40 degrees, clear, calm
Other Activity: The female is sitting deep in the nest for the first time. She may have laid her first egg. Another female osprey approached the nest very close and the resident female raised her wings to ward off the intruder which then circled a couple of times before flying away. This also made me think the resident female is protecting an egg.
Observation Method: from bedroom window
General Comments:
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
SLM-02 - Danvers River Transmission Tower
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-19
3:10 PM to 3:30 PM
at: Salem
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 55F, slight breeze, partly cloudy
Other Activity: OSPR was perched on top rung of tower, just above nest
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
ROW-09 - ClubHead Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
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Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-19
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 60, sse 4-5, 40%
Other Activity:
Observation Method: boat
General Comments: one on nest, one on marsh perch
Name: Lynette Leka
Nest Name:
NPT-05 - Woodbridge Island Platform #3
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-04-19
08:45 AM to 09:10 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 51 degF, light wind from NNE, 10% cloud cover
Other Activity: copulation :-)
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments: